Helen Eustis (1916-2015) was an

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mystery writer and translator. She was born in

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. She studied art at

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and was awarded the

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in 1947 for her novel, ''The Horizontal Man''.

Partial bibliography

Novels

*''The Horizontal Man'' (1946) *''The Fool Killer'' (1954)

Short stories

*''The Captains and the Kings Depart'' (1949) *"The Rider on a Pale Horse" (1950), later republished as "Mr. Death and the Redheaded Woman" in

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References

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